hey all, we are looking for campsites that we can take our dog to, we like bush style areas where we can have fires, looking for mainly spots no more than 2-3 hours from melbourne. any ideas would be great.

thanks for all the info guys, we have pick a place called dandos camping ground in the otway ranges, have been to eilden a few years ago the that same spot...we enjoyed it but as we now have a 14 month old son didnt want to travel to far.all have a great easter

camping with dogs is....? if you like that sort of thing. My personal thoughts are I would rather take another human with me when camping , (maybe my partner) in preference to some dogs I think dogs can have their own camping outings, dogs have got their place and that place is on the farm.

Public camping and recreation areas are developed and funded by us the public so as fellow humans ( adults and children ) can enjoythe outdoors in a clean, healthy, stressfree and relaxing way, I am quiet sure these places were not pprovided for dogs or for the relaxation of dogs .

Once again take pooch to the dog kennels, they will possible enjoy the doggy atmosphere there, camping with their own kind.

I don't think humans would like to go and share a camp in a dog kennel or any where near the surroundings,...... now would they ?

The whole idea of camping is to share , communicate, learn, explore and I think relaxation comes somewhere in this description of the ideal camping experience, which is usually arranged , organizedand provided for humans..Those humans are genarally ourselves, family and sometimes friends.I have not seen or heard of a camping trip setup at a public venue for dogs only. Come-on now dogs are ment to be on the farm or in a dog kennel !

Thats what my thoughts are. may be I am wrong, however if per remote chance if I am wrong, then, what do we build dog kennels for ? . At this point in time I am at a loss as to why some people would need this to be eplainned to them , "that humans go camping with fellow hunams (their mates ) and dogs go camping in a dog kennel "...... ???

my thoughts !I just wanted to answer your question , Anyway, I wish you and yours a really good and rewarding new year, tis but once a year that we pause to think about the joys of our lives and the antisipation of good things to come for each and all of us.

Some people like to take their dogs with them cause they like their dogs and they are good owners, dogs need to get out and have fun too. A little backyard is no place for any creature to spend its entire existance.

And boarding kennels ain't camping for dogs, its more like prison for dogs .

Whilst there are some area's where they wouldn't be appropriate (family holiday parks, national parks etc, for obvious reasons) if someone wants to take them bush camping why shouldn't they, its good for the dog - must equal about 100 walks around the block in fun value for em - and they can provide security from snakes or dingo's, or help with pig hunting (if thats your thing). At the end of the day everyone's different and enjoy different things. I wouldn't have my dog live in my house but then there's people who think a dog can't survive more than 10mins outside at a time YMMV

And the only reason I don't take my camping is that he's an un-trained spoilt brat and its a PITA to take him for a 5min drive up the rd cause he gets so excited. So there's no way i'm having him in the car for hours on end

Well I guess for starters our dog doesn't sleep in a kennel, she sleeps in a basket inside

We do go camping with humans, infact the other half and I take 4 of our children, plus our dog camping, the kids love it, we love it and so does the dog, surprise surprise.

We don't go camping in "public" area's with her, only do bush camping in area's where dogs are allowed, therefore there's other dogs there as well, so not like ours is the only dog and she's annoying the other campers, if anything she's a very polite camping dog compared to some we've come across.

Just as I register, obedience train and clean up after my dog I am also trying to do the 'right' thing in finding places that ARE dog friendly for camping or simply propping somewhere overnight even if it means being away from other human beings!

As for being kennelled or being on a farm - my dog does both and has had to do both during those times we simply cant take her because we want to visit National Parks.